Peters & Peters act for two British Virgin Islands companies, which were used as vehicles for a multi-million dollar investment in a Chinese Lottery project. The Claimants brought proceedings in the High Court against a former director and against an alleged shadow director for breach of fiduciary duty in failing to undertake adequate due diligence prior […]
Peters & Peters is acting for a global independent investment bank on an investigation into alleged accounting irregularities following a corporate acquisition. The client acted as advisor in relation to the transaction, which took place in 2011. The firm is advising in close conjunction with the client’s US legal representatives.
Peters & Peters represented a global manufacturing company which was a defendant in a multi-million pound follow-on competition damages action commenced on the basis of the European Commission’s findings in relation to a cartel operating in the European market. The proceedings were settled on mutually acceptable confidential terms.
The Company self-initiated an internal investigation for potential breaches of sanctions and export controls in both the United States and the United Kingdom, as a result of the discovery that there had been indirect supplies of its products to Iran, Syria and Sudan. The Company’s predecessors had undergone a number of significant corporate changes, resulting […]
Peters & Peters represented a conglomerate following the execution in 2010 of multiple search warrants by the SFO. The SFO investigation arose as a result of, and in conjunction with, worldwide enquiries, investigations and prosecutions. The conglomerate, its agents, officers and employees were suspected of making corrupt payments to foreign public officials over a number […]
Peters and Peters acted for the former financial controller of an international group of companies servicing the oil and gas sectors, in a prosecution brought by the Serious Fraud Office (SFO). The allegations were that the defendants (four in total) conspired with each other and with a Nigerian tax consultant to make corrupt payments to […]
Peters & Peters advise a wealthy former civil servant of a commonwealth country who was subject to a UK restraint order arising from an investigation into political corruption in his country of origin. The firm persuaded the CPS that the criteria for the restraint order had not been made out as there was no proper […]
We advised a very senior investment banker in relation to the alleged misuse of confidential information. The FSA commenced a dual criminal / regulatory enquiry into possible insider dealing and market abuse / breach of FSA principles and were persuaded to regard the case as a purely regulatory matter.
Peters & Peters acted for the defence in a cutting-edge cyberblackmail case. The clients were the owners of an online casino, who allegedly paid a notorious hacker to launch a distributed denial of service attack on a competitor and threatened to shut down its website if that competitor did not hand over a share of […]
Instructed by an FCA approved person and part of the executive management team at the London subsidiary of a major African Bank. Acting in conjunction with her employment lawyers, we advised in relation to serious allegations of impropriety made against our client leading to suspension from her employment whilst an internal investigation was carried out by […]
